THE DIFFERENCE

War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 10, 1 November 1941, Page 15

THE DIFFERENCE

A snobbish old Major was asked by a firm if he would recommend a. certain man for the job. The Major wrote back: Mr. Blank is an excellent young man. He is the son of Major Blank, the cousin of Sir Henry Blank, the grandson of General Blank, the nephew of Lord Blank, and he is otherwise well connected. The firm wrote back: “Thank you very much for your recommendation concerning Mr. Blank. But we must point out that we require him for clerical worknot for breeding purposes.”

Revised Version: The cadets were eagerly awaiting their dinners at a certain R.A.F. training school where the sea air seems to create perpetual hunger. One of them was overheard to remark: “Never was so little waited for by so many for so long.”